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Halifax RCMP investigating 2nd report of shots fired on Auburn Drive

RCMP say officers received a second report of gunfire on Auburn Drive on Sept. 9.
RCMP say officers received a second report of gunfire on Auburn Drive on Sept. 9. Alexander Quon/Global News

Halifax RCMP say officers are investigating a report of shots fired on Auburn Drive, the second in a span of two days.

The Mounties say officers received a complaint of gunfire being directed at a residence on Auburn Drive in Westphal on Sept. 9 shortly before midnight.

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No one was at the residence at the time and no one was injured. The home reportedly suffered minor damage.

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Police say they do not believe the shooting to be a random act.

The Sept. 9 report comes after RCMP responded to a different residence on Auburn Drive on Sept. 8 just before 6 a.m.

Officers arrived to find four people in that home at the time, but no one was injured.

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The residence sustained minor damage, police say.

Anyone with information on either incident is asked to contact Halifax RCMP at 902-490-5020 or call Crime Stoppers.

— With files from Global News’ Graeme Benjamin

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